Bollywood veteran and BJP MP Hema Malini was heavily criticised all through Tuesday on social media for what most regarded as the most insensitive tweets in the wake of late actor Pratyusha Banerjee's suicide.

Although Hema did not specifically name Pratyusha in her tweets, her reference to the 24-year-old TV actor, who was found hanging in her flat on April 1, was obvious.

"All these senseless suicides which achieve nothg! Life is God's gift for us to live not for us to take at will. We have no right to do that (sic)," tweeted the Bollywood star of the seventies on Monday night, at her account @dreamgirlhema.

"One must learn to overcome all odds & emerge successful, not succumb under pressure & give up easily. The world admires a fighter not a loser (sic)," @dreamgirlhema further wrote.

No sooner did her tweets go live, many came up to voice displeasure. Stung by such broad backlash, Hema turned to lambasting the media.

"Just becomes food for the hungry media who chew on news like celebrity suicides until the next sensational news happens. Then it is forgotten (sic)," she tweeted.

Tweets expressing displeasure over Hema's insensitivity ranged from the caustic to the angry.

"The world admires someone who can keep their mouth shut and give respect to a dead person, not an irresponsible blabbermouth (sic)," wrote @ADelhiDame.

"You just lost all my respect. It is because of stoic elders like you, young minds in the country have mental health issues (sic)," tweeted @Anu_Mukherjee.

Angry tweets lambasting Hema ranged from personal digs on how she had destroyed the 'married life' of another woman (the reference being to the fact that Dharmendra took her as a second wife) to recalling how she had been equally insensitive while dealing with the issue of Vrindavan widows and a hit-and-run where her car ran over a little girl.

Four days after

Meanwhile, four days after Pratyusha's death, boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh has been charged with abetment to suicide. Rahul, a TV producer, was admitted to Shree Sai Hospital on Sunday, after complaining of chest pain and low blood pressure. He was subsequently moved from ICU to the general ward. According to Rahul's lawyer Neeraj Gupta, he is still in a state of trauma.

The police, who have questioned Rahul, revealed they have zeroed in on 10 of Pratyusha's closest friends to get an idea on the couple's relationship.

Pratyusha's close friends, actor Kamya Panjabi and producer Vikas Gupta, held a press conference where they alleged Rahul was cheating on her and describing the relationship as messy.

Mention was also made of a slap that Rahul inflicted on Pratyusha in public and that his ex-girlfriend Saloni Sharma had allegedly assaulted the late actor. Rahul has told a Mumbai based tabloid that he was serious about marrying Pratyusha. His family claimed the Balika Vadhu heroine was going through financial troubles.